We now know the membership and leadership of each of the four Council Committees! The Chair of a Committee facilitates Committee meetings and sets meeting agendas. The Vice Chair serves in place of the Chair if the Chair is absent from a meeting.
The new Committee leadership and general memberships are:
Social Services and Public Safety Committee.
11th District Councilmember Jennifer Reynolds, Committee Chair
9th District Councilmember Whitney Elliott Baxter, Vice Chair
Vice Mayor Dan Wu
At-Large Councilmember Chuck Ellinger
1st District Councilmember Tyler Morton
2nd District Councilmember Shayla Lynch
6th District Councilmember Denise Gray
7th District Councilmember Joseph Hale
8th District Councilmember Amy Beasley
12th District Councilmember Hilary Boone.
Councilmembers Reynolds and Baxter served as the Chair and Vice Chair of this Committee in the previous Council term.
Councilmember Gray nominated herself to be Chair of the Committee, challenging Reynolds’s reelection. However, Reynolds was unanimously reelected by the Committee members.
Environmental Quality and Public Works. Members of this Committee are:
3rd District Councilmember Hannah LeGris, Committee Chair
10th District Councilmember Dave Sevigny, Vice Chair
At-Large Councilmember James Brown
1st District Councilmember Tyler Morton
4th District Councilmember Emma Curtis
5th District Councilmember Liz Sheehan
6th District Councilmember Denise Gray
7th District Councilmember Joseph Hale
8th District Councilmember Amy Beasley
12th District Councilmember Hilary Boone.
Councilmembers LeGris and Sheehan served as the Chair and Vice Chair of this Committee in the previous Council term.
General Government and Planning Committee. Members of this Committee are:
5th District Councilmember Liz Sheehan, Committee Chair
2nd District Councilmember Shayla Lynch, Vice Chair
Vice Mayor Dan Wu
At-Large Councilmember James Brown
At-Large Councilmember Chuck Ellinger
3rd District Councilmember Hannah LeGris
4th District Councilmember Emma Curtis
9th District Councilmember Whitney Elliott Baxter
10th District Councilmember Dave Sevigny
11th District Councilmember Jennifer Reynolds
Former Councilmembers Preston Worley and Kathy Plomin served as the Chair and Vice Chair of this Committee in the prior term. Neither Councilmember ran for reelection in 2024.
Budget, Finance, and Economic Development (BFED) Committee. Members of this Committee are:
At-Large Councilmember James Brown, Committee Chair
The BFED Chair not only sets the agenda and facilitates Committee meetings, but also oversees Council’s process to create the LFUCG Budget. The Chair assigns Councilmembers to Budget Link groups and facilitates Budget Committee of the Whole meetings.
At-Large Councilmember Chuck Ellinger, Vice Cair
Vice Mayor Dan Wu
2nd District Councilmember Shayla Lynch
3rd District Councilmember Hannah LeGris
5th District Councilmember Liz Sheehan
6th District Councilmember Denise Gray
9th District Councilmember Whitney Elliott Baxter
10th District Councilmember Dave Sevigny
11th District Councilmember Jennifer Reynolds
Councilmembers Brown and Ellinger served as the Chair and Vice Chair of the BFED Committee in the previous Council term.
